Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-09 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 11:22:40 -0400, Dan wrote in message <20160609152240.gm9...@xps-linux.djph.net>: > Simon Walter wrote: > > On 06/09/2016 07:07 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > >Yet another thing that systemd is getting its tentacles into ... > > >wonder when the majority of users will say "enough is

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-09 Thread Dan Purgert
Simon Walter wrote: > On 06/09/2016 07:07 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > >Yet another thing that systemd is getting its tentacles into ... wonder > >when the majority of users will say "enough is enough" with it? > > > > > > They will not. The majority of users are freeloaders. So we may end up > using

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout

2016-06-09 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 08/06/2016 23:49, Rainer Weikusat a écrit : https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v2.txt Thanks for the link. Not that I want to control resource usage, but cgroup can help to keep track of processes. Didier ___ Dng mailing l

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-09 Thread KatolaZ
On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 10:24:55AM +0900, Simon Walter wrote: > linuxvoice.com/interview-lennart-poettering > > It's an old article, but as I read, I realized how much I disagree with > Lennart. TBH, he sounds like an Apple fan. > Good morning, Simon! ;) > > I don't like Upstart or Cannonical

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout

2016-06-08 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, So, GNOME users will be hand-held to have their background processes terminated automatically. And, those who want to bypass this functionality need to tweak their system to allow some background processes persist. Huh, this mysterious tweaking looks like the right recipe System administra

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Simon Walter
linuxvoice.com/interview-lennart-poettering It's an old article, but as I read, I realized how much I disagree with Lennart. TBH, he sounds like an Apple fan. Now we get controversial, because those who like to feel smart, yet don't know much, feel empowered by AI. Those who don't feel smart,

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/09/2016 07:07 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: Didier Kryn wrote: [snip] I cite: "Systemd and cgroup developers are working together to turn systemd into a global cgroup manager that creates higher-level control knobs and prevents direct access to the kernel. Many Systemd changes are already r

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Dan Purgert
Didier Kryn wrote: >[snip] > > I cite: > "Systemd and cgroup developers are working together to turn systemd into a > global cgroup manager that creates higher-level control knobs and prevents > direct access to the kernel. Many Systemd changes are already released > while cgroup changes are s

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout

2016-06-08 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Didier Kryn writes: > Le 08/06/2016 12:49, KatolaZ a écrit : >> Killing all the processes at logout should be easily doable using >> cgroups (which existed much before Poettering got his bachelor >> degree), and is indeed easily doable with screen, nohup, and hundred >> of similar amenities. > >

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 08/06/2016 23:31, Didier Kryn a écrit : one of the documents I found (https://www.linux.com/blog/all-about-linux-kernel-cgroups-redesign) is full of references to systemd to the point it is literally disgusting. I just found the explanation, the rewriter, and current developper of cgr

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 08/06/2016 12:49, KatolaZ a écrit : Killing all the processes at logout should be easily doable using cgroups (which existed much before Poettering got his bachelor degree), and is indeed easily doable with screen, nohup, and hundred of similar amenities. I looked for documentation on cg

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Simon Hobson
Edward Bartolo wrote: > One strategy would be to deny > server access to anyone not using systemd. This would force Devuan to > set up an entirely independent infrastructure. I think, this may do > some serious disruption: be prepared as Devuan is not yet totally > divorced from Debian. I suspec

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Jaromil
On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Dan Purgert wrote: > This was in the comments of the article on lwn (sorry, I forget who > linked it on the mailing list). I'm honestly not sure how "true" it is, > but it seems to coincide with what else I've been reading. > > 1. In the beginning there was there login. Every

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 10:43:41AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > > I sometimes have to logout and login again to be able to kill > wild threads of Icedove which survive in a blocked state after the > windows have been closed. The idea to be able to kill all processes > started in a session is no

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Dan Purgert
KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 12:13:48PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > Yes, nohup. I guess it issues setsid() and disconnects from the > > controlling terminal, but any process can do that on its own. I was thinking > > of a way to decide which session can do that

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Dan Purgert
Jaromil wrote: > On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > Otherwise, I like the idea to have a better control of what > > survives a session. > > I also like that and I like that is simply made. > > For many of us is already made possible in simple ways: you run inside > screen (or even

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Edward Bartolo
Hi, The current strategy looks very tentatively similar to how a bully behaves when they repeatedly fail to visibly persecute (control) their victims. Making architectural decisions that clearly break other utilities that work to force users to use systemd is nothing less that a wild cry from frus

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Simon Walter
On 06/08/2016 07:49 PM, KatolaZ wrote: [sorry for the long reply] Very well put. Killing all the processes at logout should be easily doable using cgroups (which existed much before Poettering got his bachelor degree), and is indeed easily doable with screen, nohup, and hundred of similar am

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 12:13:48PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: [cut] > > Yes, nohup. I guess it issues setsid() and disconnects from the > controlling terminal, but any process can do that on its own. I was thinking > of a way to decide which session can do that and which cannot, and I imagine

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 08/06/2016 11:07, Jaromil a écrit : On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Didier Kryn wrote: > Otherwise, I like the idea to have a better control of what >survives a session. I also like that and I like that is simply made. For many of us is already made possible in simple ways: you run inside screen

Re: [DNG] Killing background processes on logout [was Re: resolved]

2016-06-08 Thread Jaromil
On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Didier Kryn wrote: > Otherwise, I like the idea to have a better control of what > survives a session. I also like that and I like that is simply made. For many of us is already made possible in simple ways: you run inside screen (or even better tmux, having read screen'